We visited Hebron today which was pretty overwhelming really. It is a mad, mad place. It is the site of the burial of Sarah and Abraham and other Patriarchs and Matriarchs, a significant place to at least 3 religions. In 1968 just after the Israeli seizure of the West Bank, some Israeli settlers arrived to try to establish a Jewish presence, possibly in an attempt to ethnically cleanse Hebron of the established Palestinian community. Meanwhile life goes on under the watchful eye of the Israeli Defence Force.
Palestinian Children on their way to school, having passed through an Israeli checkpoint
In the centre shops have had to be abandoned as the IDF have forced people out.
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IDF checkpoint
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Checkpoint encounter
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